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CONSTRUCTION

Construction confidence at four-year high – index

Market confidence in the construction sector is at a four-year high on the back of restored profitability, despite decreased growth in overall construction activity and a prolonged period of intense margin pressure, reports a civil confidence...
19 Apr 13
 
 
Money Transfer

Money-transfer industry growing across Africa

Money transfer company MoneyGram says Africa has the potential to become one of the world’s most important remittance hotspots, if current growth trends continue.
05 Apr 13
 
 
AGRICULTURE

SA agricultural sector still good for investment - FNB

Despite the challenges facing South Africa’s agricultural sector, its outlook remained positive, confirming it as a desired investment destination for banking firm First National Bank (FNB), agriculture information and marketing head Jan van Zyl...
13 Feb 13
 
 
TRADE

Tanzania-based trading firm secures $100m RMB loan

The trading arm of Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania has secured a $100-million loan facility from a consortium of banking groups. Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) partnered with China Construction Bank, Citibank and Nedbank to originate, arrange and...
 
 
CONSTRUCTION

Civil construction confidence slows in Q4

Confidence in the civil construction sector fell six index points during the fourth quarter of 2012 on the back of low levels of profitability and increased competition, the latest First National Bank (FNB) and the Bureau of Economic Research...
18 Jan 13
 
 
CASH-IN-TRANSIT

Cash-in-transit heists continuing to decline

The decline in cash-in-transit heists is continuing its positive trend, says SBV CEO Grant Dunnington. “Our statistics show cash heists in South Africa have declined from 315 in 2010, to 215 in 2011, with the number at 123 to the end of August...
09 Nov 12
 
 
CONSTRUCTION

Civil construction confidence highest in three years

Confidence in the civil construction industry reached a three-year high during the third quarter of 2012, the latest First National Bank (FNB) and the Bureau of Economic Research (BER) construction confidence index found on Tuesday. The FNB/BER...
16 Oct 12
 
 
CASH TRANSPORT

Cash-in-transit heists declining, industry to see some casualties

The decline in cash-in-transit heists is continuing its positive trend, says SBV CEO Grant Dunnington. “Our statistics show cash heists in South Africa have declined from 315 in 2010, to 215 in 2011, with the number at 123 to the end of August...
11 Oct 12
 
 
BUILDING CONFIDENCE

Building confidence dips, demand for new work remains weak

The momentum of recovery in the building industry remained hesitant, despite an uptick in activity in the third quarter, First National Bank (FNB), which compiles a building confidence index with the Bureau for Economic Research (BER), reported on...
 
 
ECONOMY

Western Cape confidence higher than rest of SA

Business, wholesale and manufacturing confidence in the Western Cape is higher than that of the remainder of South Africa, a new report, released by the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) on Thursday, has found. The second-quarter economic report...
26 Jul 12
 
 
TELECOMS

Rapid increase in mobile Internet users in SA

The average cellphone user is spending increasingly more of their monthly average spend on data, signalling a rapid increase in the number of mobile Internet users in South Africa, a new report by World Wide Worx has found. In the ‘Mobility...
25 Jul 12
 
 
Housing

Raising affordable-housing lending constrained by supply deficit

The extent to which prominent lenders can issue loans to individuals entering the affordable housing market is being restrained by the lack of affordable housing developments in South Africa.
06 Jul 12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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